Literary studies: plays & playwrights
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Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Paperback. Studying Shakespeare s Contemporaries is an accessible guide to the non-Shakespearian drama of Renaissance England that can be read as complete subject overview or used as an indexed reference resource. Num Pages: 268 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 221 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405132442
- ISBN
- 9781405132442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.50
€ 31.50
Paperback. Pairing close readings of Moliere's comedies with accounts of French social history and aesthetics, this book aims to show how Moliere perceived satire as a "public mirror" provoking dynamic exchange and conflict with audience members obsessed with their own images. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226591520
- ISBN
- 9780226591520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. Pierre de Lavirey was born in the east of France and died in Troyes. Little is known about him, but he has left behind him adaptations into French of nine Italian plays which make him one of the most prolific writers of comedy in the sixteenth century. Les Tromperies formed part of the second collection of adaptations written by Lavirey. Editor(s): Cameron, Keith; Wright, Paul. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 106 pages, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2ADT; DD; DQ; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 147 x 8. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859895392
- ISBN
- 9780859895392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.42
€ 39.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816649655
- ISBN
- 9780816649655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. In this work, Lajos Egri examines a play from the inside out, starting with the heart of any drama: its characters. For it is people - their private natures and their inter-relationships - that move a story and give it life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSG; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780671213329
- ISBN
- 9780671213329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.24
€ 16.99
€ 12.24
Paperback. Series: The Fourth Wall. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 119. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138210097
- ISBN
- 9781138210097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.66
€ 12.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804703000
- ISBN
- 9780804703000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.44
€ 89.44
Hardcover. Drawing on extensive archival materials held in England, the United States, and Canada, Bernard Shaw and the BBC presents a vivid portrait of many contentious issues negotiated between Shaw and the public broadcaster. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802089205
- ISBN
- 9780802089205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.96
€ 54.96
paperback. Euripides' Alcestis is one of the dramatist's most brilliant - as well as most controversial - plays. This thoroughly annotated edition is designed to aid close reading, and to serve as an introduction to the play in its various aspects. Editor(s): Parker, L. P. E. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 3D; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199254675
- ISBN
- 9780199254675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.87
€ 88.87
Hardcover. Situating Shakespeare's representations of marriage firmly within the ideologies and practices of Renaissance culture, Lisa Hopkins argues that Shakespeare anatomizes marriage much as he does kingship, and finds it similarly indispensable to the underpinning of society. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSS0000234
- ISBN
- 9780333647325
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691644226
- ISBN
- 9780691644226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.89
€ 138.89
Num Pages: 280 pages, 9, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; DSBB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801452901
- ISBN
- 9780801452901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.10
€ 76.10
Hardback. An indispensable guide to minority presence in modern Shakespearean interpretation in an age of competing critical philosophies. Num Pages: 416 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810839007
- ISBN
- 9780810839007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.91
€ 165.91
Editor(s): Johanson, Kristine. Num Pages: 474 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611476477
- ISBN
- 9781611476477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.58
€ 184.58
Hardcover. Presents a survey of twentieth-century American drama studies. This work includes studies of leading dramatists, such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein. It examines the movements that framed the century, such as the Harlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the solo performances of the 1980s and 1990s. Editor(s): Krasner, David. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 600 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1192.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405110884
- ISBN
- 9781405110884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.03
€ 219.03
Paperback. This Companion provides an original and authoritative survey of twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of the best scholars and critics in the field. Editor(s): Krasner, David. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405163682
- ISBN
- 9781405163682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.07
€ 61.07
Paperback. The first full-length critical study of lynching plays in American culture Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSG; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078804
- ISBN
- 9780252078804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. The first full-length critical study of lynching plays in American culture Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSG; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252036491
- ISBN
- 9780252036491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Hardback. The accommodation of popular icons on stage and the results this framing yields constitute this work's primary interests and aims. Plays studied include Sam Shepard's True West and Marsha Norman's The Holdup. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472714
- ISBN
- 9781611472714
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.82
€ 110.82
Paperback. This book tells the story of modern drama through its seminal, groundbreaking plays and performances, and the artistic diversity that these represent. Exploring the new note of artistic hostility between dramatists and their audience, Shepherd-Barr draws on a range of theories and performances to reveal what makes modern drama "modern". Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 174 x 111. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199658770
- ISBN
- 9780199658770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95